Aristocracy
11aristocracy — UK [ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsɪ] / US [ˌerəˈstɑkrəsɪ] noun [countable] Word forms aristocracy : singular aristocracy plural aristocracies the people in the highest class of society, who usually have money, land, and power and who often have special titles,… …
12aristocracy — ar|is|toc|ra|cy [ˌærıˈstɔkrəsi US ˈsta: ] n plural aristocracies [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: aristocratie, from Late Latin, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos best + kratia cracy ] [C usually singular] the people in the highest social… …
13aristocracy — ar|is|toc|ra|cy [ ,erə stakrəsi ] noun count the people in the highest class of society, who usually have money, land, and power and who often have special titles, such as duke or countess : the aristocracy: She married into the aristocracy …
14aristocracy — [16] Greek áristos meant ‘best’; hence aristocracy signifies, etymologically, ‘rule by the best’ (the suffix cracy derives ultimately from Greek krátos ‘strength, power’, a relative of English hard). The term aristokratíā was used by Aristotle… …
15aristocracy — [[t]æ̱rɪstɒ̱krəsi[/t]] aristocracies N COUNT COLL The aristocracy is a class of people in some countries who have a high social rank and special titles. ...a member of the aristocracy. Syn: nobility …
16aristocracy — noun 1 (C) the people in the highest social class, who traditionally have a lot of land, money, and power: dukes, earls, and other members of the aristocracy | the new LA rock aristocracy see also: upper class 2 (U) technical the system in which… …
17aristocracy — [16] Greek áristos meant ‘best’; hence aristocracy signifies, etymologically, ‘rule by the best’ (the suffix cracy derives ultimately from Greek krátos ‘strength, power’, a relative of English hard). The term aristokratíā was used by Aristotle… …
18aristocracy — n. (pl. ies) 1 a the highest class in society; the nobility. b the nobility as a ruling class. 2 a government by the nobility or a privileged group. b a State governed in this way. 3 (often foll. by of) the best representatives or upper echelons… …
19aristocracy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ British, French, etc. ▪ landed, landowning ▪ local PHRASES ▪ …
20aristocracy — noun she was quite at home with the aristocracy Syn: nobility, peerage, gentry, gentility, upper class, ruling class, elite, high society, establishment, haut monde; aristocrats, lords, ladies, peers, peers of the realm, nobles, noblemen,… …
